Art & Design from The Collection of Barbara Gladstone
Franz West
A Set of Six Unique "Elliptoeder" Chairs
Auction Closed
June 9, 05:05 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Art & Design from The Collection of Barbara Gladstone
Franz West
1947-2012
A Set of Six Unique "Elliptoeder" Chairs
four of the chairs executed for the "Hamsterwheel" exhibition at the 52nd Biennale di Venezia
metal, wood, epoxy resin
each: 33 ⅞ by 21 by 24 in.
86 by 53.3 by 61 cm.
Four chairs executed in 2007 and two chairs in 2010.
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012
Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, 52. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte: The Hamsterwheel, June - August 2007 (for the first four chairs)
Tolouse, Le Printemps de Septembre à Toulouse, The Hamsterwheel, September - October 2007 (for the first four chairs)
Barcelona, Centre d'Arts Santa Mónica, The Hamsterwheel, November 2007 - February 2008 (for the first four chairs)
Malmö, Malmö Konsthall, The Hamsterwheel, May - August 2008 (for the first four chairs)
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Franz West, May - September 2009 (for the first four chairs)
Exh. Cat., Cologne, Meyer Kainer Kunst, Je veux Vienna 1975 - 2022, 2022, p. 483
Sotheby's would like to thank the Franz West Archives for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.